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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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